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articulation disorder

MedGen UID:
2081
•Concept ID:
C0003910
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Articulation Disorder; Articulation Disorder, Speech; Articulation Disorders; Articulation Disorders, Speech; Disarticulation Disorder; Disarticulation Disorders; Disorder, Disarticulation; Disorders, Disarticulation; Impairment, Phonological; Impairment, Phonology; Impairments, Phonological; Impairments, Phonology; Misarticulation; Phonological Impairment; Phonological Impairments; Phonology Impairment; Phonology Impairments; Speech Articulation Disorder; Speech Articulation Disorders
SNOMED CT: Articulation impairment (386701004); Articulation disorder (386701004)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002903

Definition

A disorder characterized by the failure to use developmentally expected speech sounds that are appropriate for the individual's age (i.e., the individual makes errors in sound production or use or omits sounds such as final consonants). [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article
Development of guideline for rating the physical impairment of otolaryngologic field.
Park CW, Do NY, Rha KS, Chung SM, Kwon YJ; Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
J Korean Med Sci 2009 May;24 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S258-66. Epub 2009 May 31 doi: 10.3346/jkms.2009.24.S2.S258. PMID: 19503682Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Nonverbal Oro-Motor Exercises: Do They Really Work for Phonoarticulatory Difficulties?
Parra-López P, Olmos-Soria M, Valero-García AV
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Apr 29;19(9) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095459. PMID: 35564854Free PMC Article
Examining Risk of Speech-Language Disorders in Children With Cleft Lip.
Deatherage J, Bourgeois T, O'Brien M, Baylis AL
J Craniofac Surg 2022 Mar-Apr 01;33(2):395-399. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000008000. PMID: 35385904
Development of receptive vocabulary and verbal intelligence in Japanese children with unilateral hearing loss.
Takeyama T, Shimada A, Sakamoto Y, Aoki T, Kondo E, Nakano S, Fukuda J, Azuma T, Sato G, Okamoto H, Kitamura Y, Udaka J, Takeda N
Auris Nasus Larynx 2022 Jun;49(3):335-341. Epub 2021 Sep 9 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2021.08.002. PMID: 34511300
Speech profile of patients undergoing primary palatoplasty.
Menegueti KI, Mangilli LD, Alonso N, Andrade CRF
Codas 2017 Oct 26;29(5):e20160146. doi: 10.1590/2317-1782/20172016146. PMID: 29091112
Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Examining Risk of Speech-Language Disorders in Children With Cleft Lip.
Deatherage J, Bourgeois T, O'Brien M, Baylis AL
J Craniofac Surg 2022 Mar-Apr 01;33(2):395-399. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000008000. PMID: 35385904
Validation of Dodd's Model for Differential Diagnosis of childhood speech sound disorders: a longitudinal community cohort study.
Ttofari Eecen K, Eadie P, Morgan AT, Reilly S
Dev Med Child Neurol 2019 Jun;61(6):689-696. Epub 2018 Aug 27 doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13993. PMID: 30151900
Speech profile of patients undergoing primary palatoplasty.
Menegueti KI, Mangilli LD, Alonso N, Andrade CRF
Codas 2017 Oct 26;29(5):e20160146. doi: 10.1590/2317-1782/20172016146. PMID: 29091112
Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article
Linguistic development in cleft palate patients with and without compensatory articulation disorder.
Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, González M, Ramírez E, Patiño C
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2000 Aug 31;54(2-3):81-91. doi: 10.1016/s0165-5876(00)00332-3. PMID: 10967376

Therapy

Rehabilitation of speech disorders following glossectomy, based on ultrasound visual illustration and feedback.
Girod-Roux M, Hueber T, Fabre D, Gerber S, Canault M, Bedoin N, Acher A, Béziaud N, Truy E, Badin P
Clin Linguist Phon 2020 Sep 1;34(9):826-843. Epub 2020 Jan 28 doi: 10.1080/02699206.2019.1700310. PMID: 31992079
Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article
Naturalistic intervention in cleft palate children.
Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, Ramírez P
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2004 Jan;68(1):75-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2003.09.007. PMID: 14687690
Linguistic development in cleft palate patients with and without compensatory articulation disorder.
Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, González M, Ramírez E, Patiño C
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2000 Aug 31;54(2-3):81-91. doi: 10.1016/s0165-5876(00)00332-3. PMID: 10967376
A comparative trial of two modalities of speech intervention for compensatory articulation in cleft palate children, phonologic approach versus articulatory approach.
Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, Espinosa J
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1999 Jun 15;49(1):21-6. doi: 10.1016/s0165-5876(99)00040-3. PMID: 10428402

Prognosis

Development of receptive vocabulary and verbal intelligence in Japanese children with unilateral hearing loss.
Takeyama T, Shimada A, Sakamoto Y, Aoki T, Kondo E, Nakano S, Fukuda J, Azuma T, Sato G, Okamoto H, Kitamura Y, Udaka J, Takeda N
Auris Nasus Larynx 2022 Jun;49(3):335-341. Epub 2021 Sep 9 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2021.08.002. PMID: 34511300
Speech outcome in complete unilateral cleft lip and palate - a comparison of three methods of the hard palate closure.
Hortis-Dzierzbicka M, Radkowska E, Stecko E, Dudzinski L, Fudalej PS
J Oral Rehabil 2014 Nov;41(11):809-15. Epub 2014 Jun 23 doi: 10.1111/joor.12204. PMID: 24954716
Lingual nerve entrapment in muscular and osseous structures.
Piagkou M, Demesticha T, Piagkos G, Georgios A, Panagiotis S
Int J Oral Sci 2010 Dec;2(4):181-9. doi: 10.4248/IJOS10063. PMID: 21404967Free PMC Article
Autopsy case of the cerebellar form of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy without immunodeficiency.
Arai Y, Tsutsui Y, Nagashima K, Shinmura Y, Kosugi T, Wakai M, Nishikage H, Yamamoto J
Neuropathology 2002 Mar;22(1):48-56. doi: 10.1046/j.0919-6544.2001.00424.x. PMID: 12030415
Linguistic development in cleft palate patients with and without compensatory articulation disorder.
Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, González M, Ramírez E, Patiño C
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2000 Aug 31;54(2-3):81-91. doi: 10.1016/s0165-5876(00)00332-3. PMID: 10967376

Clinical prediction guides

Development of receptive vocabulary and verbal intelligence in Japanese children with unilateral hearing loss.
Takeyama T, Shimada A, Sakamoto Y, Aoki T, Kondo E, Nakano S, Fukuda J, Azuma T, Sato G, Okamoto H, Kitamura Y, Udaka J, Takeda N
Auris Nasus Larynx 2022 Jun;49(3):335-341. Epub 2021 Sep 9 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2021.08.002. PMID: 34511300
Association between phonation and the vowel quadrilateral in patients with stroke: A retrospective observational study.
Park EJ, Kim JH, Choi YH, Son JE, Lee SA, Yoo SD
Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 Sep 25;99(39):e22236. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000022236. PMID: 32991418Free PMC Article
Speech profile of patients undergoing primary palatoplasty.
Menegueti KI, Mangilli LD, Alonso N, Andrade CRF
Codas 2017 Oct 26;29(5):e20160146. doi: 10.1590/2317-1782/20172016146. PMID: 29091112
Effectiveness of tongue-tie division for speech disorder in children.
Ito Y, Shimizu T, Nakamura T, Takatama C
Pediatr Int 2015 Apr;57(2):222-6. Epub 2014 Nov 10 doi: 10.1111/ped.12474. PMID: 25142274
Linguistic development in cleft palate patients with and without compensatory articulation disorder.
Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, González M, Ramírez E, Patiño C
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2000 Aug 31;54(2-3):81-91. doi: 10.1016/s0165-5876(00)00332-3. PMID: 10967376

Recent systematic reviews

Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article

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